A dense fog to start the morning with visibility being heavily obscured until mid morning.
There was a bit of movement this morning with 3 Pied Flycatchers, 5 Willow Warbler and a Nightingale moving through the bushes.
Out on the reserve, a Redstart was by the Butts Pond, 2 Whinchat were moving through the bramble patches. The Black Redstart was in its usual place and a Yellow Wagtail was with 4 Wheatears by the Tank Blocks. 2 Mipits were the first of the autumn proper. The star bird of the morning was an Ortolan Bunting which was seen flying around for a couple of minutes before droping in out by the Triangle by a few lucky observers, this constitutes our earliest autumn record by 8 days.
A group of 7 Sanderling were on the beach and a Common Sandpiper was on the Jetty. Offshore 7 Sandwich Terns were feeding with a Common Tern. A few waders were also heading south with a group of 10 Dunlin and a Turnstone passing by while 4 Redshank flew into the river.
The Sandhill Rustic is a Nationally Scarce species that is restricted to an area from south Suffolk to north Kent.
Ringing: 3 Robin, 2 Wheatear, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Linnet, 1 Nightingale, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 1 Willow Warbler.